diff --git a/build/filters.js b/build/filters.js
index c1152e8eb9142..376a77ac64a8b 100644
--- a/build/filters.js
+++ b/build/filters.js
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ module.exports.indentationFilter = [
 	'!src/vs/base/node/cpuUsage.sh',
 	'!test/unit/assert.js',
 	'!resources/linux/snap/electron-launch',
-	'!resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure',
 	'!build/ext.js',
 
 	// except specific folders
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
index d16ee9351bf48..3423e86e8f3e5 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
@@ -241,10 +241,7 @@ function prepareSnapPackage(arch) {
 		const electronLaunch = gulp.src('resources/linux/snap/electron-launch', { base: '.' })
 			.pipe(rename('electron-launch'));
 
-		const hooks = gulp.src('resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure', { base: '.' })
-			.pipe(rename('snap/hooks/configure'));
-
-		const all = es.merge(desktops, icon, code, snapcraft, electronLaunch, hooks);
+		const all = es.merge(desktops, icon, code, snapcraft, electronLaunch);
 
 		return all.pipe(vfs.dest(destination));
 	};
diff --git a/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch b/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
index 6e00bb1fc4a90..f4f88725de387 100755
--- a/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
+++ b/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
@@ -45,39 +45,12 @@ else
   ARCH="$SNAP_ARCH-linux-gnu"
 fi
 
-source "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.last_revision" 2>/dev/null || true
-if [ "$SNAP_DESKTOP_LAST_REVISION" = "$SNAP_REVISION" ]; then
-  needs_update=false
-else
-  needs_update=true
-  echo "SNAP_DESKTOP_LAST_REVISION=$SNAP_REVISION" > "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.last_revision"
-fi
-
-# Set $REALHOME to the users real home directory
-REALHOME=$(getent passwd $UID | cut -d ':' -f 6)
-
-# Set config folder to local path
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$SNAP_USER_DATA/.config"
-ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
-chmod 700 "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
-
 append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib/$ARCH"
 append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH"
 append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib"
 append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib"
 append_dir PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/bin"
 
-# XKB config
-export XKB_CONFIG_ROOT="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/X11/xkb"
-
-# Give XOpenIM a chance to locate locale data.
-# This is required for text input to work in SDL2 games.
-export XLOCALEDIR="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/X11/locale"
-
-# Set XCursors path
-export XCURSOR_PATH="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/icons"
-prepend_dir XCURSOR_PATH "$SNAP/data-dir/icons"
-
 # Mesa Libs for OpenGL support
 append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/mesa"
 append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/mesa-egl"
@@ -123,166 +96,22 @@ prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP/share"
 prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP/data-dir"
 prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP_USER_DATA"
 
-# Set XDG_DATA_HOME to local path
-export XDG_DATA_HOME="$SNAP_USER_DATA/.local/share"
-ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
-
-# Workaround for GLib < 2.53.2 not searching for schemas in $XDG_DATA_HOME:
-#   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=741335
-prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
-
 # Set cache folder to local path
-export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$SNAP_USER_COMMON/.cache"
-if [[ -d "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" && ! -e "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ]]; then
+GDK_CACHE_DIR="$SNAP_USER_COMMON/.cache"
+if [[ -d "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" && ! -e "$GDK_CACHE_DIR" ]]; then
   # the .cache directory used to be stored under $SNAP_USER_DATA, migrate it
   mv "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" "$SNAP_USER_COMMON/"
 fi
-ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
-
-# Ensure the app finds locale definitions (requires locales-all to be installed)
-append_dir LOCPATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/locale"
-
-# Keep an array of data dirs, for looping through them
-IFS=':' read -r -a data_dirs_array <<< "$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
-
-# Setup compiled gsettings schema
-GS_SCHEMA_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/glib-2.0/schemas"
-function compile_schemas {
-  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
-    rm -rf "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
-    ensure_dir_exists "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
-    for ((i = 0; i < ${#data_dirs_array[@]}; i++)); do
-      schema_dir="${data_dirs_array[$i]}/glib-2.0/schemas"
-      if [ -f "$schema_dir/gschemas.compiled" ]; then
-        # This directory already has compiled schemas
-        continue
-      fi
-      if [ -n "$(ls -A "$schema_dir"/*.xml 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-        ln -s "$schema_dir"/*.xml "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
-      fi
-      if [ -n "$(ls -A "$schema_dir"/*.override 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-        ln -s "$schema_dir"/*.override "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
-      fi
-    done
-    # Only compile schemas if we copied anything
-    if [ -n "$(ls -A "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"/*.xml "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"/*.override 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-      "$1" "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
-  compile_schemas "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas"
-fi
+ensure_dir_exists "$GDK_CACHE_DIR"
 
 # Gdk-pixbuf loaders
-export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache"
+export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="$GDK_CACHE_DIR/gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache"
 export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders"
 if [ -f "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" ]; then
   "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" > "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"
 fi
 
-# Font Config and themes
-export FONTCONFIG_PATH="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/etc/fonts"
-export FONTCONFIG_FILE="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
-
-function make_user_fontconfig {
-  echo "<fontconfig>"
-  if [ -d "$REALHOME/.local/share/fonts" ]; then
-    echo "  <dir>$REALHOME/.local/share/fonts</dir>"
-  fi
-  if [ -d "$REALHOME/.fonts" ]; then
-    echo "  <dir>$REALHOME/.fonts</dir>"
-  fi
-  for ((i = 0; i < ${#data_dirs_array[@]}; i++)); do
-    if [ -d "${data_dirs_array[$i]}/fonts" ]; then
-      echo "  <dir>${data_dirs_array[$i]}/fonts</dir>"
-    fi
-  done
-  # We need to include a user-writable cachedir first to support
-  # caching of per-user fonts.
-  echo '  <cachedir prefix="xdg">fontconfig</cachedir>'
-  echo "  <cachedir>$SNAP_COMMON/fontconfig</cachedir>"
-  echo "</fontconfig>"
-}
-
-if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
-  rm -rf "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/{fontconfig,fonts,fonts-*,themes,.themes}
-
-  # This fontconfig fragment is installed in a location that is
-  # included by the system fontconfig configuration: namely the
-  # etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf file.
-  ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig"
-  make_user_fontconfig > "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf"
-
-  # the themes symlink are needed for GTK 3.18 when the prefix isn't changed
-  # GTK 3.20 looks into XDG_DATA_DIRS which has connected themes.
-  if [ -d "$SNAP/data-dir/themes" ]; then
-    ln -sf "$SNAP/data-dir/themes" "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
-    ln -sfn "$SNAP/data-dir/themes" "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.themes"
-  elif [ -d "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/themes" ]; then
-    ln -sf "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/themes" "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
-    ln -sfn "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/themes" "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.themes"
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Build mime.cache
-# needed for gtk and qt icon
-if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
-  rm -rf "$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime"
-  if [ ! -f "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/mime/mime.cache" ]; then
-    if command -v update-mime-database >/dev/null; then
-      cp --preserve=timestamps -dR "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/mime" "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
-      update-mime-database "$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime"
-    fi
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Gio modules and cache (including gsettings module)
-export GIO_MODULE_DIR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gio-modules"
-function compile_giomodules {
-  if [ -f "$1/glib-2.0/gio-querymodules" ]; then
-    rm -rf "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
-    ensure_dir_exists "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
-    ln -s "$1"/gio/modules/*.so "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
-    "$1/glib-2.0/gio-querymodules" "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
-  fi
-}
-if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
-  compile_giomodules "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH"
-fi
-
-
 # Create $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if not exists (to be removed when https://pad.lv/1656340 is fixed)
 [ -n "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ] && mkdir -p "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" -m 700
 
-# create symbolic link to ibus socket path for ibus to look up its socket files
-# (see comments #3 and #6 on https://launchpad.net/bugs/1580463)
-IBUS_CONFIG_PATH="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ibus"
-ensure_dir_exists "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH"
-[ -d "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH/bus" ] && rm -rf "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH/bus"
-ln -sfn "$REALHOME/.config/ibus/bus" "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH"
-
-# ibus and fcitx integration
-GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/immodules"
-export GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE="$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR/immodules.cache"
-if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
-  rm -rf "$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR"
-  ensure_dir_exists "$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR"
-  ln -s "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/"$ARCH"/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/*.so "$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR"
-  "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/libgtk-3-0/gtk-query-immodules-3.0" > "$GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE"
-fi
-
-# GTK theme and behavior modifier
-# Those can impact the theme engine used by Qt as well
-gtk_configs=(gtk-3.0/settings.ini gtk-3.0/bookmarks gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini)
-for f in "${gtk_configs[@]}"; do
-  dest="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$f"
-  if [ ! -L "$dest" ]; then
-    ensure_dir_exists "$(dirname "$dest")"
-    ln -s "$REALHOME/.config/$f" "$dest"
-  fi
-done
-
-append_dir GTK_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gtk-3.0"
-
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure b/resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure
deleted file mode 100755
index e410e8d128f31..0000000000000
--- a/resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-[ ! -d "${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig" ] && mkdir -p "${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig"
-
-function append_dir() {
-  local -n var="$1"
-  local dir="$2"
-  # We can't check if the dir exists when the dir contains variables
-  if [[ "$dir" == *"\$"*  || -d "$dir" ]]; then
-    export "${!var}=${var:+$var:}${dir}"
-  fi
-}
-
-if [ "$SNAP_ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
-  ARCH="x86_64-linux-gnu"
-elif [ "$SNAP_ARCH" = "armhf" ]; then
-  ARCH="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
-elif [ "$SNAP_ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then
-  ARCH="aarch64-linux-gnu"
-else
-  ARCH="$SNAP_ARCH-linux-gnu"
-fi
-
-append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib/$ARCH"
-append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH"
-append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib"
-append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib"
-append_dir PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/bin"
-
-cat > "${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig/fonts.conf" <<EOF
-<fontconfig>
-  <cachedir>${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig</cachedir>
-  <include ignore_missing="yes">/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</include>
-</fontconfig>
-EOF
-
-export FONTCONFIG_FILE="${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig/fonts.conf"
-
-"${SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME}/usr/bin/fc-cache" --force --system-only --verbose || echo "configure hook: font generation failed"
-
-exec "$@"
diff --git a/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 3e43a493cb977..d001e85fc308a 100644
--- a/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ apps:
       GTK_USE_PORTAL: 1
       DISABLE_WAYLAND: 1
       SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME: $SNAP/gnome-platform
+      GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR: $SNAP/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
 
   url-handler:
     command: electron-launch $SNAP/usr/share/@@NAME@@/bin/@@NAME@@ --open-url --no-sandbox
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ apps:
       GTK_USE_PORTAL: 1
       DISABLE_WAYLAND: 1
       SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME: $SNAP/gnome-platform
+      GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR: $SNAP/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
 
 layout:
   /usr/lib/$SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET/webkit2gtk-4.0: